Food for thought
Did you know that:
• India has the largest English-speaking population in the world?
• India has the largest number of vegetarians in the world?
• Jamaica was the first English-speaking Caribbean country to gain independence?
• Tessa Sanders, the first British black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, was Jamaican born?
• There are 510 living languages in Nigeria?
• English was chosen as the official language of Nigeria to unify its diversity?
Source: Utdanningsdirektoratet
Quotes/proverbs:
Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun.
Indian proverb
The new broom sweeps clean, but the old broom knows all the corners.
Those who can’t dance, blame it on the music.
Jamaican proverbs
It takes a whole village to raise a child.
Nigerian proverb